East European immigrants DON’T take our jobs – because Britons are ‘unmotivated and uneducated’, Government claims
James Slack, Mail
Britons are out of work because too many of them are lazy and unemployable – not because Eastern Europeans have taken their jobs, an explosive Government report claimed last night. The Department for Work and Pensions said UK citizens were on the dole because of ‘issues around basic employability skills, incentives and motivation’. The arrival of a million Eastern Europeans in the last four years has not damaged wages or led to an increase in unemployment among natives, the study said.
[Immigration 'boosts the British economy by £1,650 per head' -Nigel Morris, Independent]
Seven in ten marriages ‘forced’
Ruth Gledhill
More than seven in ten marriages involving an English citizen and a spouse born in Asia could have an element of ‘force or coercion’ about them, according to document published today that contains some of the strongest language used by community leaders to date. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal claims that forced marriages reflect a ‘crisis that has loomed within the Muslim community without being noticed or dealt with for the past two decades.’
Terror accused ‘wanted to set up Islamic state in Scotland’
Melvyn Howe, Scotsman
TWO Muslim supporters of “violent jihad” discussed setting up a secret Islamic state in a remote part of Scotland, a court heard yesterday. Away from the prying eyes of the authorities, it would provide a safe haven for those who felt “oppressed”, jurors were told. The community would be run according to Sharia law and eventually be used as a base to “discreetly train” for attacks against non-believers. The only drawback Aabid Khan allegedly identified was the availability of weapons.
Islam’s spiritual science
Wajahat Ali, Alt.Muslim
Rumi, the best selling poet in America today, was a practicing Muslim and a Sufi master who lived nearly eight hundred years ago. His poetry and lyrical verses exalting his desire for the Divine, as well as describing his ecstatic pain and yearning for his “beloved” continue to inspire lovers to this day. Due to mass commercialization and weak translations of Rumi’s poetry, Sufism has unfortunately become synonymous with a saccharine...
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The oldest Christian church? (Jamal Nasrallah/EPA, Guardian)
Halal money (Nesrine Malik, Guardian CiF)
Hunting for heretics in the 21st century (Tom Heneghan, FaithWorld)
In the news…Comic Books! (’Ilm al-insaan)
Southern Baptists remain hesitant on environment (Ed Stoddard, FaithWorld)
All in the name of War on Terror (Tabsir)
First migrant team to start work (BBC News Online)
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